Does the monetary cost of abstaining increase turnout? Causal evidence from Peru

2022 ◽  
Vol 75 ◽  
pp. 102418
Author(s):  
Germán Feierherd ◽  
Guadalupe Tuñón ◽  
Gerson Julcarima-Alvarez
Keyword(s):  
Monetary Cost

Users’ Satisfaction and Continuous to Use M-health Through Service Quality. The Moderate Effect of Monetary Cost (Preprint)

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Samer Al-Shami
Keyword(s):  
Service Quality ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Intention To Use ◽  
Quality Model ◽  
Monetary Cost ◽  
Health Service Quality ◽  
Continuous Use ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Positive Effect

BACKGROUND Recently, diabetes is a major issue of great concern to many health institutions worldwide. Yet, the application of m-health for diabetes yet to receive adequate attention, especially in developing countries. The Imperial College London Diabetes Centre, 2019 reported that over more than one million persons in the UAE are suffering from diabetes, placing the country at the 15th worldwide for age-adjusted relative pervasiveness. Motivated by the need to curb the increasing trend of diabetics among the people of UAE and realizing the potential of m-health, this paper examines the quality of service system on the continuous intention to use m-health among diabetes users’ in the UAE. This study is one of the few studies that contribute to the theoretical enrichment of information system (IS) success factors that examine the effective factors of quality system service on the satisfaction and continuous intention to use m-health among the diabetes patients in the UAE. Therefore, this paper extends the service quality research in the IS domain by suggesting m-health service quality model derived from the combination of the explanatory effect of objective and subjective factors, contextualized within the unique socio-economic background of the Arab region. OBJECTIVE The aim of this study to identify and examine the relationship between service system quality factors and diabetes satisfaction and continuous intention to use health. This study also aims to measure the moderating effect of monetary cost on the relationship between users' satisfaction and continuous intention to use. METHODS A cross-sectional survey was conducted involving 292 respondents have been conducted. Through a survey analyzed by SmartPls, we find that service quality systems driven by the quality of interaction, system, and information have a positive effect on the continuous use mhealth through the mediating effect of users’ satisfaction. RESULTS Through a survey analyzed by SmartPls, we find that a service quality system driven by the quality of interaction, system, and information has a positive effect on the continuous use mhealth through the mediating effect of users’ satisfaction. We also find that monetary cost moderates the relationship between users’ satisfaction and continue to use mhealth. CONCLUSIONS This study extends the service quality research in the IS domain by suggesting m-health service quality model derived from the combination of the explanatory effect of objective and subjective factors, contextualized within the unique socio-economic background of the Arab region.

Citizens’ Adoption of Pay-to-Use E-Government Services

2013 ◽  
pp. 120-140
Author(s):  
Amitabh Ojha ◽  
G. P. Sahu ◽  
M. P. Gupta
Keyword(s):  
Technology Acceptance ◽  
Federal Government ◽  
Monetary Cost ◽  
Government Services ◽  
User Charges ◽  
Online Channel ◽  
Acceptance Model ◽  
Cost Implications ◽  
Plausible Reason ◽  
Delivery Channel

Evidence exists that citizens’ demand for pay-to-use e-government services is highly price-elastic. But research on citizens’ adoption of e-government remains almost entirely pre-occupied with contexts wherein it is implicit that citizens would not face any monetary cost implications. The fact that Technology Acceptance model (TAM) and Perceived Characteristics of Innovating (PCI) do not factor in potential adopters’ monetary cost perceptions is a plausible reason for such bias in research efforts. The paper posits a model wherein the value perceived by a citizen in government-to-citizen (G2C) online channel, and traditional public service delivery channel are antecedents of his or her intention to use the online channel. The model was tested in the context of the rail ticketing service of Indian Railways (a Department of India’s federal government). Results support the hypothesized paths, and offer useful managerial guidance to encourage citizens’ adoption. The paper discusses the prospect of certain adverse consequences for public administration and citizens, which could be linked to e-government and user charges, and ways to mitigate them. Research implications are also discussed.

Controlling Electronic Intrusion by Unsolicited Unwanted Bulk Spam

2009 ◽  
pp. 136-147
Author(s):  
Phaedon John Kozyris
Keyword(s):  
Service Providers ◽  
Present Review ◽  
The Internet ◽  
Internet Service Providers ◽  
Internet Service ◽  
Monetary Cost ◽  
Know How ◽  
Technological Advances ◽  
Basic Approaches

The ordinary and uncomplicated Spam menace is made possible by technological advances which enable the sender to dispatch millions if not billions of commercial messages without significant monetary cost and without wasting time. The present review will focus on fundamentals, exploring what has already been done and suggesting avenues of improvement. The chapter promotes basic approaches of handling Spam depending on the actions and choices of the receiver. The anti-Spam campaign needs effective enforcement powers and should be able to use all available technological know-how. As the vagaries of enforcement are presented, the role of the Internet Service Providers and advertisers is envisaged.

scholarly journals Lead by Example? Custom-Made Examples Created by Close Others Lead Consumers to Make Dissimilar Choices

2019 ◽  
Vol 46 (4) ◽  
pp. 750-773 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jennifer K D’Angelo ◽  
Kristin Diehl ◽  
Lisa A Cavanaugh
Keyword(s):  
Social Network ◽  
Social Distance ◽  
Unique Role ◽  
Monetary Cost ◽  
Related Product ◽  
Custom Made ◽  
Theoretical Mechanism ◽  
Other Consumers

Abstract Prior to customizing for themselves, consumers often encounter products customized by other people within their social network. Our research suggests that when encountering a custom-made example of an identity-related product created by an identified social other, consumers infer this social other was motivated to express uniqueness. After making this inference, consumers are also motivated to express uniqueness, particularly when the example was created by a close versus distant social other. Consumers express uniqueness through their own customization choices, choosing fewer options shown in the example or choosing fewer best-selling options. Consumers sometimes even pay a monetary cost or sacrifice preferred choices in order to make their own product unique. Further, this effect dissipates when motivations other than expressing uniqueness are inferred about a social other (e.g., for functionally related products). Across eight studies that span different product contexts, involve real choices, and isolate the underlying theoretical mechanism (i.e., motivation to express uniqueness), our research documents the unique role of custom-made examples, demonstrates the importance of social distance for customization choices, and identifies a novel path explaining when and why individuals express uniqueness.

scholarly journals A Dynamic Pricing Reverse Auction-Based Resource Allocation Mechanism in Cloud Workflow Systems

2016 ◽  
Vol 2016 ◽  
pp. 1-13 ◽  
Author(s):  
Xuejun Li ◽  
Ruimiao Ding ◽  
Xiao Liu ◽  
Xiangjun Liu ◽  
Erzhou Zhu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Resource Allocation ◽  
Resource Utilization ◽  
Dynamic Pricing ◽  
Completion Time ◽  
Reverse Auction ◽  
Allocation Mechanism ◽  
Workflow Systems ◽  
Monetary Cost ◽  
Low Efficiency ◽  
Resource Allocation Mechanism

Market-oriented reverse auction is an efficient and cost-effective method for resource allocation in cloud workflow systems since it can dynamically allocate resources depending on the supply-demand relationship of the cloud market. However, during the auction the price of cloud resource is usually fixed, and the current resource allocation mechanisms cannot adapt to the changeable market properly which results in the low efficiency of resource utilization. To address such a problem, a dynamic pricing reverse auction-based resource allocation mechanism is proposed. During the auction, resource providers can change prices according to the trading situation so that our novel mechanism can increase the chances of making a deal and improve efficiency of resource utilization. In addition, resource providers can improve their competitiveness in the market by lowering prices, and thus users can obtain cheaper resources in shorter time which would decrease monetary cost and completion time for workflow execution. Experiments with different situations and problem sizes are conducted for dynamic pricing-based allocation mechanism (DPAM) on resource utilization and the measurement of Time⁎Cost (TC). The results show that our DPAM can outperform its representative in resource utilization, monetary cost, and completion time and also obtain the optimal price reduction rates.

Verification of a labor market domain using an academic crowdsourcing system

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Esteban J. Azofeifa ◽  
Galina M. Novikova
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Domain Theory ◽  
Monetary Cost ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Academic System ◽  
Verification Process

Students desiring to become a valuable good in the labor market are willing to pay a considerable monetary cost to obtain knowledge about their prospective job opportunities, nowadays with a diminishing interest in the obtainment of a diploma. Considering the behavior of the labor market as a domain theory under uncertainty, it is straightforward to expect the presence of contradictions, in the form of salaries unable to be classified due to high inconsistency and variation. We provide an algorithm to verify a labor market domain theory based on a crowdsourcing academic system, in which feedback about possible contradictions is generated as a result of consultations with experts inside of the market and clustered into different contexts. We found that the verification process can be repeated iteratively as long as the students overall tuition is equal or greater than a quantity partially defined by the number of different profiles of the students.

Verification of a labor market domain using an academic crowdsourcing system

2020 ◽  
Vol 28 (1) ◽  
pp. 5-16
Author(s):  
Esteban J. Azofeifa ◽  
Galina M. Novikova
Keyword(s):  
Labor Market ◽  
Domain Theory ◽  
Monetary Cost ◽  
Job Opportunities ◽  
Academic System ◽  
Verification Process

Students desiring to become a valuable good in the labor market are willing to pay a considerable monetary cost to obtain knowledge about their prospective job opportunities, nowadays with a diminishing interest in the obtainment of a diploma. Considering the behavior of the labor market as a domain theory under uncertainty, it is straightforward to expect the presence of contradictions, in the form of salaries unable to be classified due to high inconsistency and variation. We provide an algorithm to verify a labor market domain theory based on a crowdsourcing academic system, in which feedback about possible contradictions is generated as a result of consultations with experts inside of the market and clustered into different contexts. We found that the verification process can be repeated iteratively as long as the students’ overall tuition is equal or greater than a quantity partially defined by the number of different profiles of the students.

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